英语词汇yap的起源、历史背景-英语词源词典

词汇	yap
词源	yap. Yap is an echoic word that first meant only the barking of a small dog. The word is first recorded in this sense in 1603, and it apparently took over two centuries before yapping was applied to a person who yaps as well as a dog that yaps. In the process yap also became American slang for the mouth, as in shut your yap, recorded in about 1900, and American slang for a stupid person. The Yap Islands in the West Pacific, noted for the stone money long used by the Micronesians there, are not named from the English yap, taking their name instead from a native language.
随便看	don’t amount to a poot in a windstorm don’t blow a gasket don’t bogart that joint don’t change horses in midstream don’t come the acid don’t count on rain when it-s needed ‘til it-s floatin’ chips up around your belly button don’t count your chickens before they’re hatched don’t do anything i wouldn’t do don’t even think about it don’t fence me in don’t fix it if it-s not broke don’t get your bowels in an uproar don’t get your knickers in a twist don’t give a rap don’t give holy things to hounds don’t give up the ship don’t go shootin’ all the dogs ’cause one has fleas don’t go to the bad for the shadow of an ass don’t have a clue don’t hurry hopkins don’t know him from adam don’t let money burn a hole in your pocket don’t like the cut of his jib don’t look a gift horse in the mouth don’t look back something might be gaining on you

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